LCCVI provides music at the market
Four arrested in Petrolia drug raid
February 19, 2020
Two men from Petrolia and two women from Sarnia face drug charges after a raid on Maude Street.
Lambton OPP say the Community Street Crimes Unit from Lambton, Elgin and Middlesex as well as the West Region Intelligence, Canine Unit and the Emergency Response Team executed a search warrant on Maude St..
Police seized over 200 grams of cocaine and fentanyl. Police also seized electronics, over $5,000 in cash and drug paraphernalia. Police estimate they have a street value of over $20,000.
Police have charged Justin Gadd, 24, and James Kember, 25, of Petrolia with possession of cocaine, possession of fentanyl and possession of property obtained by crime.
Alyxandra Wilcox, 21, of Sarnia faces the same charges while Ashley Smith, 21 of Sarnia facess a charge of possession for the purpose of trafficking.
Gadd and Kember were held for a bail hearing, Smith and Wilcox will be in court March 18
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